Pine Forest has won three straight games at home, while Harnett Central has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Pine Forest Trojans will welcome the Harnett Central Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Pine Forest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.3 points per game this season.
Pine Forest's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 48-0 win over Triton. Considering the Trojans have won three contests by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Pine Forest's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jamari Jones, who picked up 97 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown. Jones was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 58 yards. Another signal caller making a difference was Jaidon Moore, who threw for 123 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Pine Forest's defense stepped up as well, laying out Alan Hinson. three times. Leading the way was Nasseem Powell with two sacks. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season. Jahmir Haggard was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pine Forest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 193 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Harnett Central hadn't done well against Overhills recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Harnett Central came out on top against Overhills by a score of 26-19.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Harnett Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dj Brown, who picked up 124 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Brown is becoming a predictor of Harnett Central's success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Koby Howard, who threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt.
Harnett Central wouldn't let Overhills keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Harnett Central can thank Deacon Stewart and Charlie Stedman for forcing both of them. Harnett Central got some further help from William Jones: he made 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Pine Forest is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Harnett Central, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Pine Forest skirted past Harnett Central 10-7 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will Pine Forest repeat their success, or does Harnett Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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